[I am afraid these verses will not please you, but]
If I esteemed you less, Envy would kill
Pleasure, and leave to Wonder and Despair
The ministration of the thoughts that fill
The mind which, like a worm whose life may share
A portion of the unapproachable,
Marks your creations rise as fast and fair
As perfect worlds at the Creator-s will.
But such is my regard that nor your power
To soar above the heights where others [climb],
Nor fame, that shadow of the unborn hour
Cast from the envious future on the time,
Move one regret for his unhonoured name
Who dares these words:--the worm beneath the sod
May lift itself in homage of the God.
Sonnet To Byron
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Poem topics: despair, future, god, life, perfect, power, time, pleasure, shadow, rise, fast, mind, share, regret, afraid, beneath, portion, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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